See e.g. Kirwan, L.P.: “The White Road. A History of Polar Exploration”, 1959 (page number referring to the Danish version).

01. 985-. Norse settlements in Greenland. Pollen analysis show mild climate. Carbon Dioxide Concentration < 280 ppm

02. 1817. William Scoresby jr. wrote to John Banks, that on his (Scoresby’s) last journey he saw approximately 2.000 square leagues (45.000 sq km) of sea around Greenland between 74° and 80°N, completely free of ice, and that all this ice had disappeared within the last two years. Carbon Dioxide Concentration < 280 ppm

03. 1831. Biscoe in the brig Tula observed, that the edge of the pack ice had withdrawn considerably since von Bellingshausen’s expedition (1818-21), i.e. within 10-13 years. Carbon Dioxide Concentration < 280 ppm

04. 1839. The Wilkes expedition found that the pack ice had covered the Wedell Sea – during the Wedells expedition app. 10 years previous the Wedell Sea was practically free of ice. Carbon Dioxide Concentration app. 280 ppm

05. 1871. Hall reached Hall Land (82°N 61°W), mild, green and full of game. Carbon Dioxide Concentration < 290 ppm

06. 1841. The Ross expedition. On a cold and very clear day, from the edge of the ice, they caught a glimpse of Mount Erebus and Mount Terror far to the south. Carbon Dioxide Concentration < 280 ppm

07. 1899. The Borchgrevink expedition. Colbeck’s maps document that you were able to sail to Mount Erebus. The glacier had withdrawn 50 km since the time of the Ross expedition in 1841 – thousands of square kilometers of ice had disappeared. Carbon Dioxide Concentration < 300 ppm

08. 1902. The Discovery expedition found (as already the Borchgrevink expedition had), that the Ross Ice Shelf had withdrawn very far since Ross’ time (1841). Carbon Dioxide Concentration < 300 ppm

09. 1909. The Nimrod expedition reaches the position of the inlet, where Borchgrevink had gone ashore and found that huge amounts of ice had disappeared, so that the inlet now had become the deep and wide Bay of Whales. Carbon Dioxide Concentration < 300 ppm

10. 1912-13. The Davis expedition on Aurora. The ice front between King George Land og Kaiser Wilhelm II Land had retreated, same as the Ross Ice Shelf, since the D’Urville expedition (1840). Carbon Dioxide Concentration <280 – 310 ppm

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Thanks for the input. I will have a look at the sites you mention

the Brit

http://www.dnaindia.com/report.asp?NewsID=1076589

THE DOUBTS

Says RK Pachauri, director-general, The Energy and Resources Institute: “A number of scientists say Siachen should be made a protected area, a heritage site of sorts, and that there should be no army presence on either side. For purely ecological reasons, this might be a good idea. But I don’t see why there would be melting as a result of military presence and activity.”

http://www.wwfpak.org/15-01-07meltingofthesiachenglacier.php
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/6321351.stm

And here I was thinking it was due to all the hot air coming out of Washington.

the Grit

Man-made global warming my toe! It’s nothing more than hot gas from my butt after eating a nice bowl of chili.